Dead grandma locket request tricks Bing Chat’s AI into solving security...
Enlarge / The image a Bing Chat user shared to trick its AI model into solving a CAPTCHA. Bing Chat, an AI chatbot from Microsoft similar to ChatGPT, allows users to upload images for the AI model to examine or discuss. Normally, Bing Chat refuses to solve CAPTCHAs, which are visual puzzles designed to prevent…
Vulnerable Arm GPU drivers under active exploitation. Patches may not be...
Getty Images Arm warned on Monday of active ongoing attacks targeting a vulnerability in device drivers for its Mali line of GPUs, which run on a host of devices, including Google Pixels and other Android handsets, Chromebooks, and hardware running Linux. “A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access…
Critical vulnerabilities in Exim threaten over 250k email servers worldwide
Getty Images Thousands of servers running the Exim mail transfer agent are vulnerable to potential attacks that exploit critical vulnerabilities, allowing remote execution of malicious code with little or no user interaction. The vulnerabilities were reported on Wednesday by Zero Day Initiative, but they largely escaped notice until Friday when they surfaced in a security…
A new Chrome 0-day is sending the Internet into a new...
Getty Images A critical zero-day vulnerability Google reported on Wednesday in its Chrome browser is opening the Internet to a new chapter of Groundhog Day. Like a critical zero-day Google disclosed on September 11, the new exploited vulnerability doesn’t affect just Chrome. Already, Mozilla has said that its Firefox browser is vulnerable to the same…
New 0-day in Chrome and Firefox will likely plague other software
Getty Images A critical zero-day vulnerability Google reported on Wednesday in its Chrome browser is opening the Internet to a new chapter of Groundhog Day. Like a critical zero-day Google disclosed on September 11, the new exploited vulnerability doesn’t affect just Chrome. Already, Mozilla has said that its Firefox browser is vulnerable to the same…
Meta launches consumer AI chatbots with celebrity avatars in its social...
Enlarge / Meta's AI characters feature Snoop Dogg playing a dungeon master that dispenses gaming advice.Meta On Wednesday, Meta announced its consumer-friendly entry into the crowded AI chatbot landscape, The Verge reports. During a presentation at Meta Connect 2023, the company said it is launching its own "Meta AI" chat assistant and a selection of…
AI language models can exceed PNG and FLAC in lossless compression,...
Effective compression is about finding patterns to make data smaller without losing information. When an algorithm or model can accurately guess the next piece of data in a sequence, it shows it's good at spotting these patterns. This links the idea of making good guesses—which is what large language models like GPT-4 do very well—to…
Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device
Enlarge / Ex-Apple designer Jony Ive (left) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (right).Getty Images Ex-Apple design star Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing the design of an unspecified new AI device, reports The Information, citing two people familiar with the talks. It's unclear what exactly the device may be, but the…
Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets”
Getty Images Hackers backed by the Chinese government are planting malware into routers that provides long-lasting and undetectable backdoor access to the networks of multinational companies in the US and Japan, governments in both countries said Wednesday. The hacking group, tracked under names including BlackTech, Palmerworm, Temp.Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda, has been operating…
China state hackers are camping out in Cisco routers, US and...
Getty Images Hackers backed by the Chinese government are planting malware into routers that provides long-lasting and undetectable backdoor access to the networks of multinational companies in the US and Japan, governments in both countries said Wednesday. The hacking group, tracked under names including BlackTech, Palmerworm, Temp.Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda, has been operating…
